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Frozen in Success - Gay Activists Fear Czechs are Becoming Too Content with Past Achievements
Transitions Online, 2008The 1st July 2008 marked the Czech Republic's two year anniversary of the passing of the same-sex partnerships law, a landmark achievement arising after years of political struggle and one that set the country apart from its Central European neighbours. By the end of 2007, 487 same-sex couples had entered a legal union.DocumentPromoting Men to Respond to HIV/AIDS
BRIDGE, 2007The HIV prevalence rate in the general population in Cambodia is in decline. Yet this is no time for complacency - it still has one of the highest rates in the region. To have most impact, the Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (Khana) focuses on the needs of a range of different target groups such as men who have sex with men (MSM), youth, drug users, and married couples.DocumentMen, Health and Gender Equality: A Report on the National Men's Imbizo
BRIDGE, 2007Gender inequalities that privilege men damage women's health, at the same time as the norms associated with masculinity harm men's health. Often being a man is associated with a sense of invulnerability and self-reliance, leading to a reluctance to seek health advice and health care.DocumentCareful Interventions: Masculinity and the Condom Crisis
BRIDGE, 2007Do prevailing ideas about how 'real men' should behave undermine effective condom use? This paper argues that expectations of how 'real' men must behave - particularly the pressure to be sexually potent and experienced - can undermine effective condom use.DocumentPromotion of Human Rights and Gender Equality Related to Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Among Youth in Low-Income Areas of Buenos Aires Suburbs, Argentina
BRIDGE, 2007In contexts of poverty, the sole fact of being young can be a cause of exclusion.DocumentInternational Youth Perspectives on Youth Abortion: a Collection of Essays, Poems and Drawings
Youth Coalition, 2007Many adolescent girls and young women throughout the world find themselves faced with unplanned or unwanted pregnancies, often as a result of a lack of comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services, and/or forced sexual relations. In February 2007, the Youth Coalition began the first of five National Abortion Advocacy Workshops in Paraguay.DocumentFreedom of Choice: A Youth Activist's Guide to Safe Abortion Advocacy
Youth Coalition, 2007This guide aims to build young people's capacity to advocate for safe abortion care services. It is aimed at young people, people working with young people, and sexual and reproductive health and rights advocates.DocumentSexPolitics: reports from the front lines
Sexuality Policy Watch, 2008How and why are gender and sexuality being used in political power struggles within and across countries and institutions? This question was at the heart of a project launched by Sexuality Policy Watch in 2004 - a transnational, cross-cultural research initiative seeking to capture the dynamics of contemporary sexual politics.DocumentHidden: a profile of married adolescents in Northern Nigeria
Action Health Incorporated, 2006Research and programmes aimed at improving sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescents in Nigeria have largely focused on unmarried girls and boys. But early marriage is prevalent in Nigeria, particularly in the North. In the North-West of the country, for example, an estimated 73 percent of teenage girls are married, usually to older men chosen for them by their parents.DocumentHIV, AIDS and Islam: a workshop manual based on compassion, responsibility and justice
Communities Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, 2007This manual for running workshops on the theme of Islam, HIV, and AIDS is intended for those whose primary purpose is to raise awareness among Muslims about the prevalence of HIV and AIDS in their communities.Pages